Willow Creek 2010:  “Multiplied Impact”

Orginally published on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 at 7:01 AM
by Todd Rhoades

Bill Hybels unleashed Vision 2010 to the Willow Creek family in a kick-off sermon series this past weekend, calling congregants to a bolder unprecedented outreach and impact for the coming years. And the "two-word term that keeps reverberating in this vision is multiplied impact," said Hybels. Multiplied impact will happen on three levels – the surrounding community, within the church itself, and the world...

The first big idea that Hybels and his Willow Creek team in South Barrington, Ill., heard “loud and clear” during their months of strategic planning and prayer was to raise the level of risk associated with reaching people far from God all across the Chicagoland area. That means a bolder witness and reaching out to the lonely and confused people across racial and socioeconomic lines.

This approach comes out of Hybels’ Just Walk Across the Room book and evangelism campaign which was named Best Outreach Resource of 2006 by Outreach magazine.

The megachurch and its regional campuses have at least 9,000 more seats to fill at their current locations, Hybels noted. Through a bolder approach to outreach, Willow anticipates God to move in supernatural ways and see His power released.

The second idea Hybels unfolded was to rethink how they coach Christ followers as they pursue a fully surrendered life.

A survey conducted among Willow Creek attendants had revealed “mind-blowing” results, as Hybels put it. It asked how satisfied attendants were with how Willow Creek serves them at various stages in their spiritual development. Pre-Christians, or people who are still seeking and exploring Christianity, rated Willow Creek “very high.” Ratings dropped slightly among new Christians but were still “fantastic.” Adolescent Christians rated the church as good. But fully devoted followers of Christ indicated less satisfaction, saying they are not sure the church is helping them as much at this stage in their life.

“We want more of the deep truths of God,” they said, according to Hybels.

You can read more here the Christian Post...

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